Michael Bailey Jr. was shot and killed June 9 by a woman who was angry that he had been selling crack cocaine in her territory, court documents say.

The suspect, Ashley Howard, 26, has fled and remains at large. Hartford police have a warrant charging her with murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Her accomplice, Chad Gatewood, was arrested June 19 and is being held on $2 million bail. He appeared briefly Tuesday in Superior Court, where he was arraigned charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, tampering with evidence and carrying a pistol without a permit.

His next court date is July 26.

Bailey, 24, was found in a parking lot at 99 Ashley St. with multiple gunshot wounds. He died of a gunshot wound to the head, the medical examiner's office said.

Police learned that Bailey was selling drugs the night of June 8 into the following morning in Howard and Gatewood's drug territory, according to Gatewood's arrest warrant.

Bailey had sold about $8 worth of crack cocaine when Howard confronted him, the warrant says. Bailey said he could sell drugs anywhere he wanted.

"Don't let him talk to you like that," Gatewood said to Bailey, and handed her a small gun, the warrant says.

Howard fired several rounds as Bailey walked away and Gatewood picked up the shell casings, the warrant says. Howard got into a car with another woman and left.

Gatewood told police that Howard was angry with Bailey for selling drugs in her territory and stealing her customers.

In Gatewood's version of events, he was in his girlfriend's apartment at 99 Huntington St. when he heard gunshots, according to the warrant. He went into the hallway and saw Howard run into the building. He said Howard left the state immediately afterward and was likely with her girlfriend.

Police also spoke with Howard's girlfriend, who said Howard asked her for a ride to Georgia because her mother was sick. They left Connecticut at 5 a.m. on June 9 and arrived in downtown Atlanta that night, the warrant says. Howard got out of the car and said her mother would pick her up, the warrant says.

Howard is described as black female, about 5-foot-6 and 160 pounds.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Ashley Howard is asked to contact Major Crimes Division Commander Lt. Brian Foley at 860-757-4463. Anonymous, confidential tips may be made online or by phone at Hartford Crime stoppers 860-722-TIPS (8477).